Beehive-frame.



PATBNTED JUNE 30, 1903 v Elm-732,667.

' H. VOGELBR.

BEEVHIIVE FRAME. LPPLIOATION FILED MAE. 9, 1903.

WITNESSES .UNITED STATES Patented June 30, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY VOGELER, OF NEWCASTLE, CALIFORNIA.

BEEHIVE-FRAME.

SPECIFIGATION forming part Of Letters Patent N 0. 732,667, dated June30, 1903.

Application filed March 9, 1903. Serial No. M6303. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY VOGELER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newcastle, in the county of Placer and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beehive-Frames; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of 'the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention is an improvement in beehive-frames which possessesall the requisites of strength and durability and is especially simplein construction and most effi cient in operation.

In the assembling of frames ready for the operation of the bees greatcare is exercised to guard against crevices; otherwise the bees have todevote themselves to remedy such defects by depositing a resinoussubstance called propolis. The usual method employed to insure tightjoints'between adjacent frames is to cut one vertical edge of each frameV-shaped to form a vertical apex. The opposite edge of the frame is leftflat to receive the vertex of the adjacent frame. Now the greatobjection to this construction is that a very slight shifting of oneframe relative to the other will allow the V-shaped edge to slip pastthe flat edge of the adjacent frame. I overcome this objection bycausing the vertex of the V-shaped edge to pass diagonally across theedge, thereby permitting a greater area for shifting without dangerousdisarrangement.

Other objects and advantagesof my invention will appear in the followingspecification, and the novel features thereof will be particularly,pointed out in the appended claims.

I am enabled to accomplish the objects of my invention by the meansillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective View of a brokenoff portion of adjacent frames; Fig. 2 is aside view of one of the frames looking in the direction of the arrow inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the ordinarily-construct-.extremities to receive the top bars and permit of the projections 3 3',which rest on the rabbet found in the ordinary hive.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the usual form of projections 4t 4. for the topbars, and in Fig. 1 I show V-shaped projections, which form allows spacefor the operators fingers to more conveniently grasp the frames in orderto remove them from the hive.

In Fig. 3 I have shown one vertical edge of the end bars 5 5 chamferedto form a com tral apex I). Now it is manifest that as this apex restsagainst the opposite fiat edge of the end bar it only requires a verylittle lateral shifting before it glides past the Hat edge anddisarranges the assembled frames.

In my improved frame I cause the chamfers to unite to form a diagonalvertex a, as shown in Fig. 1. It is manifest that these frames canbeshifted the entire thickness of the end bars before the vertex leavesthe flat edge of the adjacent frame.

By the improved construction herein shown and described I am enabled tomanufacture and place on the market a superior article at a verymoderate cost, and thus to meet the demands of the trade.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A beehive-frame having the edge of its end bar cut away to form adiagonal apex.

2. A beehive-frame having the edge of the end bar formed withavertexextending across the entire thickness of the bar".

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY VOGELER.

Witnesses:

(J. H. KELLOGG, PAUL H. STEUDE.

